American Studies

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Langston Hughes Visiting Professor

Welcome Professor Tammy Kernodle to KU.
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KU Sociologist Calls for Legalizing Current Immigrants

"Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza proposes that legalizing immigrants currently in the United States would not only be cost-effective but also a step toward focusing on the human rights of immigrants."
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Terri Rockhold receives November Employee of the Month
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Biography Examines MLK Mentor

Prof. Randal Jelks will publish a new biography on a man whom civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. called his spiritual mentor

Welcome

American studies at the University of Kansas offers an interdisciplinary department in which faculty and students think critically about the many institutional and cultural meanings of the United States in global context, particularly with regard to culture, society, and identity. Through studying topics such as film, jazz, literature, visual culture, gender, race and religion, American studies investigates the United States in the present and the past, beyond both disciplinary and national boundaries. Given our recognition of the critical impact of difference and power, we insist that a student's program of study consider the profound impact of diversity on society and address differential power structures.

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Upcoming Events

02/13/2012

9:30 AM

Lawrence, Kan.

King, Mays and Thurman: Interfaith Pioneers

The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College sponsored a panel discussion King, Mays and Thurman: Interfaith Pioneers on January 17, 2012 as a part of the colleges Month of King events. The panel featured: Preston King, Ph.D., scholar-in-residence at Morehouse College Randal Maurice Jelks, Ph.D., professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas Luther E. Smith Jr., Ph.D., professor of church and community at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University We are delighted that C-Span3 taped the panel discussion which will air according to the following schedule (all times are EST): February 11 - 9:30 a.m. February 12- 4:30 p.m. February 13- 5:30 a.m. Dont get CSPAN-3? You can catch the program on web stream 24/7 at http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN3/. The program will also be available on the web early next week at http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/.

02/13/2012

11:30 AM

Kansas Union

Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series: Abandoned in the Heartland

Monday, Feb. 13 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Kansas Union Alcove A Free and open to the public (11:30-12:00 brownbag lunch and social period)

02/16/2012

7:30 PM

Spooner Hall

The Antievolution Controversies and American Culture

The Antievolution Controversies and American Culture : The Hall Center for the Humanities Lecture Series 2011-2012 presents Jeff Moran, Professor of History.

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